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3 Click the Heat Map tab under the Details tab.
4 In the list of heat maps, click the one to view.
The heat map of the selected metrics appears, sized and grouped according to your selection.
5 Use the heat map to compare objects and click resources and metric values for all objects in your virtual
environment.
The list of names and metric values for all objects shown on the heat map appear in the list below the
heat map. You can click column headers to sort the list by column. If you sort the list by a metric
column, you can see the highest or lowest values for that metric on top.
6 (Optional) To see more information about an object in the heat map, click the rectangle that represents
this object or click the pop-up window for more details.
What to do next
Based on your ndings, you can reorganize the objects in your virtual environment to balance the load
between ESX hosts, clusters, or datastores.
Using Heat Maps to Analyze Data for Capacity Risk
Planning for capacity risk involves analyzing data to determine how much capacity is available and whether
you make ecient use of the infrastructure.
Identify Clusters That Have Enough Space for Virtual Machines
Identify the clusters in a datacenter that have enough space for your next set of virtual machines.
Procedure
1 In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click Environment.
2 Select vSphere World.
3 Click the Heat Map tab under the Details tab.
4 Select the Which clusters have the most free capacity and least stress? heat map.
5 In the heat map, point to each cluster area to view the percentage of remaining capacity.
A color other than green indicates a potential problem.
6 Click Details in the pop-up window to examine the resources for the cluster or datacenter.
What to do next
Identify the green clusters with the most capacity to store virtual machines.
Examine Abnormal Host Health
Identifying the source of a performance problem with a host involves examining its workload.
Procedure
1 In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click Environment.
2 Select vSphere World.
3 Click the Heat Map tab under the Details tab.
4 Select the Which hosts currently have the most abnormal workload? heat map.
5 In the heat map, point to the cluster area to view the percentage of remaining capacity.
A color other than green indicates a potential problem.
6 Click Details for the ESX host in the pop-up window to examine the resources for the host.
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